IITs successfully conduct online entrance for PG courses

Updated on: Wednesday, February 10, 2010

New Delhi: The online test for two subjects in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) was successfully held .

Madras, Roorkee and the Indian Institute of Science (IISC) Bangalore successfully conducted the online test. Examinations in Textile Engineering and Fibre Science and Mining Engineering were conducted using computers by these institutes.
About 1700 candidates were registered for these examinations which were conducted simultaneously in eight cities over two shifts, a Human Resource Development ministry official said.

Depending upon the experience, online examination might be repeated on a larger scale in subsequent years, the official said. The offline version of the exam in other 19 papers shall be conducted across the country on Sunday.

GATE is an all India examination administered and conducted jointly by IISC and IITs for admission to postgraduate programmes.

IITs successfully conduct online entrance for PG courses

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